ienuarius

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Latin

Etymology

From iānuārius, reflecting a sporadic tendency for /j/ to raise a following /a(ː)/ to /e/. Compare the similar change from iactō to iectō. ⟨ienuarius⟩, and other inflections thereof, is common in Imperial inscriptions.[1]

Noun

ienuārius m (genitive ienuāriī or ienuārī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. January

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ienuārius ienuāriī
genitive ienuāriī
ienuārī1
ienuāriōrum
dative ienuāriō ienuāriīs
accusative ienuārium ienuāriōs
ablative ienuāriō ienuāriīs
vocative ienuārie ienuāriī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

References

  • Grandgent, Charles Hall. 1907. An introduction to Vulgar Latin. Boston: D.C. Heath & Co. Page 96.
  1. ^ Grandgent 1907: 96